Last week, as a result of a Swedish experiment, this Article about the benefits of shorter working days. In the study, the Managing Director of Toyota Sweden explains that the experiment has led to "Less staff turnover and better recruitment & selection Possibilities". The bottom line is that people who work for about six hours a day are more productive and better able to "Work-Life" to find a balance.

Interestingly, there are Previously research was carried out by Maxwell on this subject. He came to similar conclusions. Working too much leads to making mistakes, distractions and, as a result, poorer decisions. But if working less leads to more productivity, why are there so many Differences visible? Shouldn't the optimum have been found long ago?

Conclusion

What is striking is that there are many differences between studies on working hours. The best number of working hours would vary from 30 to a maximum of 50. In fact, there are many differences in the type of work and the associated mental burden. There is therefore no "Magic Bullet" but that the search for the optimum balance can be rewarding is shown by the results above. Perhaps the Hawthorne-Effect is also contributing to this.

26th September 2015